title: Tetrahydroaminoacridine induces opposite changes in muscarinic and nicotinic receptors in rat brain.
abstract: Rats were treated with 10 mg/kg tetrahydroaminoacridine (THA) twice daily for 14 days. THA (10 mg/kg) induced a significant decrease in the number of muscarinic receptors (both M1 and M2) in the cortex and striatum, whereas the number of nicotinic receptors in the cortex and hippocampus increased. Rats treated with physostigmine (0.9 mg/kg) showed a reduced number of muscarinic receptors, but no change in nicotinic receptors. The results indicate that treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors can induce opposite changes in brain muscarinic and nicotinic receptors in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nilsson-Håkansson
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nordberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010830:Physostigmine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011813:Quinuclidinyl Benzilate / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects*; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000187:drug effects*; D013619:Tacrine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D013619:Tacrine; D011813:Quinuclidinyl Benzilate; D010830:Physostigmine